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Social media may have a bad reputation for taking people away from real relationships, but it can also be a tool for good. Thanks to Instagram...
Jewish women in South Africa do it all, often combining high-pressure careers with motherhood, caregiving, and volunteering.
Going it alone is never easy, especially for single moms. Yet, armed with determination and self-belief, these strong businesswomen are setting a powerful example for their...
What’s the experience of young Jewish women? In the week of National Women’s Day, the SA Jewish Report asked four young women for their opinions.
There are no ugly women, only lazy ones. This was the maxim that guided international makeup maven Helena Rubinstein’s career.
Female artists are being shifted from the footnotes of Israeli history of art back into the mainstream.
The last time I spoke to Helen Heldenmuth was when she called me at midnight after the South African Zionist Federation conference opening two Saturdays ago....
After fighting leukaemia for more than 20 years, actress, TV producer/director, comedienne, children’s poet, drama coach, teacher, and grandmother, Helen Heldenmuth, succumbed to the side-effects of...
Henry Kissinger once wrote that the task of statesmen is to recognise the real relationship of forces, to distinguish what is attainable from what is desirable,...
It’s been eight months since the fire. Enough time for the pain to be less raw, enough time for me to be able to walk past...
Community leader and scholar Dr Leila Bronner passed away in Los Angeles in July at the age of 89. The staunch orthodox feminist left her mark...
Rabbi Yossy and Rochel Goldman have just returned from a highly successful tour of Australia. Goldman was invited to the country by the Rabbinical Council of...
Over the past few weeks, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has focused on preparing for the visit of a delegation from Women Wage...
I know it’s pretty much the point, but I hate Tisha B’Av. The fast of the 9th of Av begins on Saturday evening through to Sunday...
United States President Donald Trump refers to migrants congregating at the US’s southern border with Mexico as an “invasion”. That, in a word, is what warriors...
Tens of thousands of Jews will converge on Jerusalem’s Western Wall this week as our people mark Tisha B’Av, our national day of mourning. On this...
Cecile Raphaely celebrated her 100th birthday in Sandton on 31 July with family from around the world, and a special message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...
Four young Jewish Agency shinshinim (service-year emissaries) will soon arrive in Johannesburg for 10 months of service, working within the King David school network.
WIZO (the Women’s International Zionist Organisation) Cape Town donated four wheelchairs to the paediatric oncology wards at the Red Cross and Tygerberg Hospitals this week as...
One hundred and twenty scholars from five high schools in Alexandra spent the day at King David Victory Park High School (KDVPHS) for the first ORT...
Grade 6 students from King David Linksfield Senior Primary School visited food fund Yad Aharon & Michael recently to make sandwiches and assist in preparing vegetables...
King David Victory Park information technology teacher Kevin Baloyi held a workshop on integrating technology into the classroom at an Ed Tech Summit at the primary...
As the largest-ever European Maccabi Games (EMG) wound to an end in Budapest this week, so #TeamMaccabiSA and their leaders reflected on an experience to be...
Isaac Herzog – effectively Israel’s leader of the Jewish world – says he “objects vehemently” to the South African government pulling out its ambassador to Israel,...
As South Africa mourns the death of Johnny Clegg from pancreatic cancer, a Pretoria-born oncologist is trailblazing her way into medical history with groundbreaking research into...
(JTA) A former Peruvian president living in the Bay Area and facing bribery charges in his home country has been denied bail by a federal judge...
Pathologist and doctor Bertie Goldstein would have celebrated the fact that the Gauteng High Court finally approved a R5 billion settlement between miners and six large...
(JTA) When Rabbi Mark Rosenberg’s family played back the footage on their home’s security cameras in North Miami Beach, they could hear the rat-tat-tat of bullets...
The Bermuda Police Service is trying to determine the whereabouts of fugitive Yuval Joshua Abraham, formerly resident in South Africa, where it believes he may have...
(JTA) In 1997, Alan Dershowitz wrote an opinion piece headlined, “Statutory rape is an outdated concept.”
When I was in Israel towards the end of last year, and had the chance to ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one question, I left feeling...
For 38 years, there’s been no mention of Israeli strikes in Iraq. All that changed this week, when the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported that...
At the turn of the 20th century, about half of Vilnius’s population was Jewish. All that remains of Jewish life there is a tourist trail, and...
As Israel draws closer to its second national election in a year come September, it’s unclear if the result will be any different to the polls...
Embrace profit with a purpose, and find positive opportunities for growth at times of great social change. This is the challenge that Discovery co-founder and Vitality...
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you,” wrote American poet, Maya Angelou. Community members braced the cold to hear the untold...
The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) gave credit where it was due to Benji Shulman, one of our community’s foremost youth leaders.
Undercover identities, secret agents, and confidential operations are usually the stuff of a James Bond film, but to Daniel Limor, they are reality.
Prejudice against women remains rife even in the 21st century, but some women don’t allow it to stand in their way.
The Middle East has changed dramatically over the past decade, and the facts which were once certain are today no longer relevant.
